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A. Ashe def. R. Emerson

6-4 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 31, 1968*
Tournament	New York 1
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	A. Ashe
Score	6-4 6-4 7-5
Loser	R. Emerson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Ashe	R. Emerson
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Nov 3, 1936
Age	24	31
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,684	1,581
Career W-L	800–258	275–174
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

A. Ashe 0 – 0 R. Emerson

Path

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1968	SF	C. Graebner	3-6 7-5 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1968	QF	M. Santana	7-5 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1968	R16	Michael Sangster	8-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Mar 28, 1968	R32	Boro Jovanovic	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data

A. Ashe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

R. Emerson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1968	SF	Stan Smith	7-5 11-9 6-0	W	—	Match data
Mar 30, 1968	QF	T. Okker	12-10 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1968	R16	J. Osborne	3-6 9-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 1968	R32	J. Kodes	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data